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Golf Digest - October 22, 2023 - The 13 Most Fun Courses in the U.S., According to Our Expert

GolfPass - June 30, 2023 - The Top 100 Walking Courses in America

GOLF Magazine - December 28, 2021 - Our Favorite Public Courses We Played in 2021

No Laying Up - November 10, 2021 - Tourist Sauce (Michigan): Episode 4 Forest Dunes

Elite Traveler - August 17, 2021 - The Most Influential Golf Courses of the 21st Century

Fore Play Travel Series Barstool Sports - August 12, 2021 - The Loop is the Most Unique Course in America

Golf.com - June 23, 2021 - Playing Forest Dunes and Its Reversible Course, The Loop

The Fire Pit Collective - Feb. 17, 2021 - The Holy Waters of the AuSable River

The Fire Pit Collective - Matt Ginella Blog -  Feb. 16, 2021 - He's Back! Rich Mack, Formerly of Streamsong, Buys Forest Dunes

The Fire Pit Collective - Feb. 15, 2021 - The Short Course at Forest Dunes video feature

Golfweek.com - Dec. 2, 2020 — Par-3 Courses Hit the Big Time with Surge in Popularity at Top Golf Resorts

GOLF Magazine - Nov. 27, 2020 -  Best Golf Courses in Michigan

Golf Course Architecture - Oct. 27, 2020 - Forest Dunes: Destination Evolution

GOLF Magazine - Oct. 1, 2020 - Golf Best Road Trips: The Lake Michigan Loop

Golfblogger.com - Aug. 25, 2020 - Forest Dunes and The Loop 2020 Trip

The Golf Trip Authority Podcast - Aug. 22, 2020 - Forest Dunes featuring Don Helinski 

Golfweek.com - Aug. 14, 2020 - Forest Dunes Adds Fun, Par-3 Short Course in Michigan

Golfweek.com - July 31, 2020 - Golfweek's Best 2020

GOLF Magazine - July 25, 2020 - Forest Dunes' New 10-hole Short Course is Short and Sweet

Golf Course Industry - July 24, 2020 - It Took Just 81 Days

Golf Course Architecture - July 8, 2020 - New Par-Three Course Completed at Forest Dunes

The Fire Pit Podcast with Matt Ginella - June 28, 2020 - How An Arkansas Trucker Found Golf Gold in Michigan

Golfblogger.com - July 2, 2020 - Forest Dunes Short Course Review

Fore! Golfers Network - June 6, 2020 - The Forest Dunes Story of Greatness and Vision

9 & 10 News - June 19, 2020 - Forest Dunes Introduces New Par-3 Course

Bogey Golf Podcast - May 28, 2020 - Forest Dunes - Three of the Top 50 Public Courses in the Country

Adventures in Golf / Erik Anders Lang - Oct. 22, 2019 — This Reversible Course Blew Our Minds

Adventures in Golf / Behind the Scenes - Oct. 22, 2019 — Behind the Scenes Vlog

Golf Magazine — October 2019 — Top 100 Resorts (Best for Buddies)

Toronto Sun — Oct. 16, 2019 — Michigan's The Loop Will Have Your Head Spinning

GreatLakesStateGolf.com — Oct. 7, 2019 — Destination Golf in Roscommon, Michigan

Tom Coyne - The Links Life — Oct. 4, 2019 — Episode 3 / Sand Valley, Lawsonia and Forest Dunes

GolfContentNetwork.com — July 19, 2019 — Q&A With Forest Dunes Owner Lew Thompson

Links Magazine — April 26, 2019 — Six of Golf's Best 19 Holes

Homefront — January 3, 2019:  The Allure of "The Loop"

Michigan.org — July 24, 2018:  The Pure Michigan 18

forbes.com — July 23, 2018: Northern Michigan's Golf Gems: From a Reversible Loop to Pebble Beach on a Lake

The Met Golfer — June/July 2018:  What's New

Detroit Free Press — June 21, 2108: Michigan's Top 10 Vacation Golf Courses

Michigan Golf Live TV:  June 4, 2018:  The Loop at Forest Dunes Episode (Video)

Golftime Midwest — Summer 2018: Best of the Midwest Awards

MLive.com —  May 2018: Top Michigan Golf Courses

Golf Business — May 2018:  Reversal of Fortunes

Golfweek — April 28, 2018: Golfweek's Best 2018: Courses You Can Play

Golf DigestApril 2018: Editor's Choice Awards — Best Golf Resorts: Midwest

Forbes.com — March 23, 2018: The Dual at The Loop: How to play a reversible golf course in Michigan both ways in one day

Travel + Leisure — January 2018:  Take a Golf Road Trip Through The Midwest

Golf Vacations — November 2017:  Welcome to Northern Michigan

golf.com — September 20, 2017:  Inside The Loop, Tom Doak's Reversible 18-hole Course in Northern Michigan

hookedongolfblog.com — Sept. 20, 2017:  Course Review: Forest Dunes Golf Club

thegolfnewsnet.com — Sept. 5, 2017: Finding My Love of Golf While I Lose Myself in the Loop

hookedongolfblog.com – Sept. 3, 2017: Course Review: The Loop at Forest Dunes - Reversible Golf Course by Tom Doak

The A Position.com - The timeless allure of The Loop, Tom Doak's reversible course

Golfweek — August, 2017: The Loop, Tom Doak's ingenious reversible 18-hole course, a fascinating experiment

Golf Time — Summer, 2017:  To Infinity and Beyond

golfchannel.com — July 12, 2017: Golf Central's Matt Adams talks about The Loop

Michigan GolferSummer 2017:  Grayling: The Heart of the North

golfadvisor.com — July 11, 2017:   Change in Direction

golfodyssey.com - July 2017: The Loop and Forest Dunes - Marvelous Must-Plays in Northern Michigan

Foregolfersnetwork.com — July 10, 2017:  Tom Doak - The Loop at Forest Dunes

Dallas Morning News — June 23, 2017: Why Northern Michigan is one of America's Best Golf Bargain Destinations

Executive Golfer Magazine — June 2017:  The Next Big Thing

nbcnews25.com — June 2017:  18 Holes of Mid-Michigan - The Loop

theculturetrip.com - June, 29 2017:  The Best Golf Course to Play in Every U.S. State 

Detroit Free Press - June 18, 2017: Ultimate Michigan Summer Sports Bucket List

shutfacegolf.com — June 12, 2017: The Loop: Course Review

golfdigest.com — May, 2017:  America's 100 Greatest Public Courses 

departures.com — May 1, 2017:  Seeing Double in Michigan

golfweek.com — April 19, 2017:  Best Courses You Can Play in Each State

robbreport.com — April 19, 2017:  These Three Courses Are Leading U.S. Golf's Comeback

golfdigest.com — April 12, 2017:  Editor's Choice Awards: Best Golf Resorts

Golf Inc. Magazine — March/April 2017:  Development of the Year

golfvacationinsider.com — Jan. 24, 2017:  16 New Golf Courses to Play in 2017

Junior Golf Magazine — January, 2017:  Take a Ride Back in History at The Loop

golf.com — Dec. 2017:  Best New Golf Courses of 2016

golfadvisor.com — Dec. 8, 2016: Matt Ginella's Top 50 Public Courses You Can Play

golfdigest.com — Nov. 29, 2016: Best New Courses of 2016

friedegg.co — Nov. 28, 2016: Forest Dunes Golf Club: A Buddies Trip Destination

golfweek.com — Nov. 1, 2016: Best Residential Golf Courses

globalgolfpost.com — Oct. 17, 2016:  Reversal of Fortune


golfblogger.com — Sept. 5, 2016:  The Loop at Forest Dunes Course Review

chicagodistrictgolfer.com — Sept. 2016:  Coming Attractions

michigangolflive.com — Sept. 1, 2016:  MGL Road Trip - The Loop at Forest Dunes

pgamagazine.com — Sept. 2016: Reverse Psychology

golfclubatlas.com — August 2016: The Loop Course Review

back9mediagroup.com — August 2016:  Tom Doak Creates a Masterpiece in Michigan

lenziehmongolf.com — July 19, 2016: Clockwise or Counter-Clockwise, The Loop Will Be an Attention-Grabber

GolfAdvisor.com — July 4, 2016: Around the Clock Golf at The Loop, Tom Doak's Two New Courses at Forest Dunes in Michigan

Detroit Free Press:  July 6, 2016:  The Loop: Reversible Golf Course in Roscommon Open to the Public

Forbes.com — April 15, 2016: Golf Outside the Box: A Reversible 18-hole Course is Set to Make Waves in Michigan

LinksMagazine.com — December 30, 2015: Top 10 Golf Anticipations of 2016

Detroit Free Press — December 26, 2015:  Check Out The Loop, Michigan's Reversible Golf Course

GolfChannel.com — December 11, 2015: How and Why? The Reversible Course at Forest Dunes

GolfChannel.com — May 9, 2014:  Matt Ginella's Top 20 Public Courses Rankings

BreakingEighty.com — December 19, 2013:  Forest Dunes Golf Club Course Review


Golfweek  — November 1, 2013:  2014 Best Residential Courses

Back9Network.com — October 21, 2013:  9 Best Public Courses in the U.S.

GolfChannel.com — July 11, 2013:  New Ownership Brings New Life to Forest Dunes Golf Club in Northern Michigan

9and10news.com — July 9, 2013:  McGowan's Menu: Sangomore's

9and10news.com — June 8, 2013:  Beat the Pro Part 1

9and10news.com — June 8, 2013:  Beat the Pro Part 2

theaposition.com — May 2013:  Forest Dunes: Play, Play and Stay

SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio — February 8, 2013: Todd Campbell interview on Teed Off

golfchannel.com — February 5, 2013:  Matt Ginella's Top 40 US Courses

Golf Digest — February 2013: 2013-14 America's 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses

Golf Digest — January 2013: Best Buddies-Trip Destinations

Golfweek — November 1, 2012: Golfweek's Best Residential Courses 2013

Golf Digest — September 2012: Most Fun Public Golf Courses

Golf Magazine — August 2012: Top 100 Courses You Can Play

gam.org — June 12, 2012:  Winning Twosome: Kendall Academy & Forest Dunes


9&10 News — June 8, 2012:  Beat the Pro Feature

WLUN-FM — June 7, 2012: ESPN on the Green Feature — Forest Dunes

Detroit News — August 3, 2011: Forest Dunes in Roscommon combines genius and nature

michigangolf.com — August 1, 2011: Player's Club: Forest Dunes Golf Club in Roscommon is a feast for the skilled

Morning Sun — July 13, 2011: Roscommon's Forest Dunes one of the state's best

mlive.com — June 29, 2011: Play for par -- and fun -- at Michigan top public golf courses

9and10news.com — June 10, 2011: Beat the Pro Course Feature: Forest Dunes

Golf Digest — September 2009: Away Game: Michigan - Northern Stars